One Million Degrees
Madylynne Koelling-Franqui currently serves as the Manager of Scholar Supports and Program Coordinator at One Million Degrees, overseeing a student support program at Chicago City Colleges focused on underserved populations. Responsibilities include goal setting, educational planning, and coordinating professional development workshops while managing multiple partnerships and evaluating student outcomes through data analysis. Previous experience includes roles at the State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota as a College & Career Planning Intern, providing support during a transition to outreach-based advising, and various positions within Sarasota County Schools, where Madylynne contributed to student engagement and support. Madylynne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education Sciences from the University of Florida and an Associate of Arts from State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota.
One Million Degrees
One Million Degrees empowers low-income, highly motivated community college students to succeed in school, in work, and in life. Community college students are among the most important yet least supported of this country's undergraduate population. Community colleges offer pathways to meaningful careers and, often, an on-ramp to four-year universities. Yet, lacking critical resources, most students never graduate. It is stunning how little is available to this vital and vibrant group of students. One Million Degrees changes the odds entirely. Our groundbreaking program – innovative, personalized, uniquely effective – delivers the kind of meaningful support that is transforming lives and creating a pattern of positive change that will echo for generations. This is what works.